After falling narrowly at home in the second game against Miami Heat, and seeing the advantage obtained at the start of the NBA Finals vanish, Denver Nuggets was facing the challenge of recovering quickly so as not to give ground in the search for their first championship ring in the most important basketball league in the world. And boy did he do it, because he won with authority by 109-94 in visitor condition and recovered the advantage in the most important elimination of the Playoffs.
Those led by Michael Malone achieved a very important result for their aspirations, in a meeting that presented a development in general even lines, except in the third quarter, when the winning team took a distance in the result that in the end would be decisive, because it left without effect the comeback of the Heat in the last partial.
Nikola Jokic, as usual, was gravitant. The Serbian signed another triple figure in his roster by harvesting 32 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists and became the first basketball player in the history of the Finals to register more than 30 points, more than 20 rebounds and more than 10 assists in the same game.
But at the Kaseya Center in Miami another outstanding performance was observed, that of Jamal Murray. The Canadian also achieved a triple-double with 34 units, 10 balls recovered on the boards and the same amount of transfers, and was another of the great figures of the night.
The numbers of the pair of Western champions also entered the NBA books, because for the first time, in an NBA final, two members of the same team get to sign a triple-double.
In the Heat, Jimmy Butler scored 28 points and Bam Adebayo posted a double-double of 22 points and 17 rebounds, but they could not prevent the fall of his team.
The NBA Finals will continue to be played in the state of Florida. The fourth game between Miami and Denver is scheduled for Friday at 21.30 (Argentina time).
Miami's Kaseya Center welcomed Lionel Messi to the city
The Kaseya Center stadium in Miami lived a vibrant day, despite the defeat, to such an extent that the brand new news of the incorporation of star Lionel Messi to Inter of the MLS of the city did not go unnoticed.
From the electronic poster, the best soccer player in the world was welcomed to the city of Florida, champion with the Argentine team in Qatar 2022.
In the stands, meanwhile, other celebrities could be seen. There were, for example, the Brazilian soccer player Neymar Junior, who embraced Butler in the previous match, the glory of the Heat Dwyane Wade, a legend like Magic Johnson and the Colombian singer Shakira.
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